Clause 12

If on receiving an application to register an instrument purporting to create a lasting power of attorney, the Public Guardian has reasonable cause to suspect that fraud or undue pressure was used to induce a person (“P”) to —

execute the instrument; or

execute the instrument to appoint a particular person as P’s donee, the Public Guardian or an authorised officer mentioned in section 30(3) may require P to appear before the Public Guardian or the authorised officer (as the case may be) at any reasonable time and at any convenient place.(2) The Public Guardian or authorised officer may interview P to ascertain whether any fraud or undue pressure was used to induce P to do either of the acts mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b). (3) Where the Public Guardian has reason to suspect that fraud or undue pressure has been used to induce P to execute an instrument to appoint a particular person as P’s donee, the Public Guardian may disclose to P the following information:

the number of lasting powers of attorney under which that person is appointed as donee;

the number of applications pending for the registration of an instrument that appoints that person as a donee under the instrument.”.